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PHYS-F485

Representation of groups and application to physics

academic year
2024-2025
2025-2026

Course teacher(s)

Geoffrey COMPERE (Coordinator) and Giulio COLLINUCCI

ECTS credits

5

Language(s) of instruction

english

Course content

Representations of finite groups. Crystallographic groups. Lie algebras: elementary theory and representations. Wigner-Eckart theorem. SU(3) - The eightfold way. Cartan Classification.

Objectives (and/or specific learning outcomes)

Appreciate importance and usefulness of group theory in physics. Continuation of first course MATH-F-314 on the subject.

Teaching methods and learning activities

Blackboard

References, bibliography, and recommended reading

Notes are given to students

Other information

Contacts

rargurio, henneaux (at) ulb.ac.be

Evaluation

Method(s) of evaluation

  • Other

Other

Written and oral exams

Mark calculation method (including weighting of intermediary marks)

50% written and 50% oral

Language(s) of evaluation

  • french
  • english

Programmes